EPL Title Race : Man City put four past Brighton to keep pressure on Arsenal

Manchester City moved smoothly to within one point of Premier League leaders Arsenal with a game at hand after an overwhelming victory over Brighton at the Amex Stadium.

Kevin de Bruyne’s first header in his 68 Premier League goals, a magnificent flying effort into the top corner, set City on their way before Phil Foden controversially doubled the advantage nine minutes later.

Referee Jarred Gillett awarded City a free-kick despite Foden only appearing to slip, Brighton seeing insult added to injury as his resulting set-piece strike took a deflection off Pascal Gross to wrong-foot keeper Jason Steele.

Any hope of a Brighton come back was extinguished after 34 minutes by a smooth Foden finish into the bottom corner.

It was then simply a case of damage limitation for Roberto de Zerbi’s side but City extended their lead just after the hour when the ball ran away from Steele as he went into a challenge with Kyle Walker and Julian Alvarez was on hand to pounce.